Stock in Country Road Industries has a beta of 0.85. The market risk premium is 8 percent,

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Stock in Country Road Industries has a beta of 0.85. The market risk premium is 8 percent, and T-bills are currently yielding 5 percent. The company’s most recent dividend was $1.60 per share, and dividends are expected to grow at a 6 percent annual rate indefinitely. If the stock sells for $37 per share, what is your best estimate of the company’s cost of equity?

Dividend
A dividend is a distribution of a portion of company’s earnings, decided and managed by the company’s board of directors, and paid to the shareholders. Dividends are given on the shares. It is a token reward paid to the shareholders for their...